1. Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
   "she practices economy without being stingy";
   - ungenerous
    
2. Deficient in amount, quality or extent
   "The stingy portion left everyone hungry";
   - meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagerly [N. Amer], scrimpy, meagrely [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: stingiest, stingier

See also: adequacy, bare, beggarly, begrudging, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy [N. Amer, informal], chintzy [N. Amer, informal], close, closefisted, close-fisted, deficient, derisory, egocentric, egoistic [Brit], egoistical, exiguous, generosity, generousness, grudging, hand-to-mouth, hardfisted, hardscrabble, insufficient, mean, meanspirited, measly, mingy, minimal, minimum, miserable, miserly, near, niggardly, paltry, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, self-centered [US], self-centred [Brit, Cdn], self-interested, selfish, self-seeking, self-serving, skinny, spare, sufficiency, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Antonym: generous

Encyclopedia: Stingy